upstate

In or connected with the northern part of a state.

• They live in an upstate town.
• She bought a farm in upstate New York.
• Several upstate counties reported heavy snow.

Opposites: downstate

Common phrases: upstate new york, upstate town, upstate residents, upstate farm

To the northern part of a state.

• We drove upstate yesterday.
• She moved upstate to be closer to her parents.
• Are you heading upstate for the weekend?

Opposites: downstate

Common phrases: drive upstate, move upstate, travel upstate, head upstate

The northern part of a state.

• The upstate has many small towns.
• Snow covered much of the upstate.
• Residents of the upstate asked for better train services.

Common phrases: the upstate, the rural upstate, the northern upstate

The inland part of a state, especially the part of South Carolina away from the coast.

• Greenville is in South Carolina's upstate.
• The upstate attracted several new factories.
• They moved from the coast to the upstate.

Common phrases: the upstate, carolina's upstate, the upstate region

A brief phase during sleep when the brain is active and ready to take in information.

• The signal arrived during an upstate.
• Researchers measured brain activity in each upstate.
• An upstate may offer a brief opportunity for learning during sleep.

Opposites: downstate

Common phrases: during an upstate, sleep upstate, an upstate phase